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ssp. cambrensis Fraser-Jenk. (ssp. pseudocomplexa Fraser-Jenk., D. cambrensis (Fraser-Jenk.) Beitel & W.R. Buck, D. affinis ssp. stilluppensis auct. non (Sabr.) Fraser-Jenk.).

Intermediate between D. affinis and D. oreades, with rather shiny leaves with densely reddish-golden-scaly petioles, with lowest pinnae usually <1/2 as long as longest; pinnae tapering from base to apex; pinnules with very broadly rounded apex with obtuse often obscure teeth and obtusely toothed often revolute sides, and the lowest with a substantial rounded basal lobe often overlapping leaf rhachis; 2n=123. Throughout much of British Isles but absent from much of South and East England.